Scott Nellé is a Principal Software Lead at Alley who specializes in publishing platform architecture, content migration and project launch. During his tenure, he has contributed to a number of major projects, including leading the development of Alley’s redesign of Brookings.edu. Before Alley, Scott had worked as an agency web developer since 2005. He focused…

Matt Nadolny is the Lead User Experience at Alley who specializes in front-end development and design. In his role, he helped overhaul Kaiser Family Foundation’s site with over a hundred new custom page layouts and implemented responsive design for the entire site. Before Alley, Matt designed for startup clothing company Playback Clothing, where he conceptualized…

Drew Machat is a Drupal and Django expert, having built a number of highly-trafficked sites, such as The New Republic and National Review Online. Drew has developed tools to assist the creation of editorial content and the management of site advertising. He has also driven the creation of a number of innovative, app-specific solutions involving extending…

Bridget McNulty is a Managing Partner at The Alley Group who specializes in Agile/Scrum; product development; operations; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. She oversees The Alley Group’s overall Agile/Scrum practice, and is responsible for product development at Lede. She is Pragmatic Marketing Certified and is also a Certified Scrum Master, a Certified Product Owner,…

Susan is Chief Experience Officer and a partner at Alley. She joined in 2014 to integrate a full suite of design services into Alley’s existing development practice. Today, Susan leads a strategy department of Product Managers, Agile Process Leaders, and Editorial Strategy professionals. In this capacity, she promotes expansion of Alley’s product strategy services and…

Matt Boynes is the Chief Executive Officer and a Partner at Alley, overseeing the company’s business strategy and project delivery at Alley. As Alley’s previous CTO, he is deeply ingrained in the software development and technology delivery at Alley. Matt is an active open-source developer, a WordPress core contributor, and a frequent speaker at meetups…

David Herrera is a Principal Software Developer at Alley who specializes in backend development. Before Alley, David was a web developer for Religion News LLC, a nonprofit news organization covering religion, ethics and politics. He was responsible for migrating Religion News Service, including partner sites around the country, to WordPress. Before that, David was a…

Jake Foster is the Director of Engineering Development at Alley focused on WordPress theme development and backend customization. Prior to Alley, he was a web development consultant for a variety of WordPress clients. He was also a developer at Mindshare Studios and Anagram. Outside of work, Jake teaches kickboxing and also coaches. He also enjoys…

Sean Fisher is a Principal Software Architect at Alley specializing in complex development projects involving enterprise media companies. His work includes handling complex problems on the back-end with WordPress as well as the front-end with tools such as React. Prior to Alley, Sean was a software engineer at ImageBrief, a NYC Startup working in the…

Nicole Arnold is a Senior Software Developer at Alley, who specializes in back-end development. Before Alley, Nicole worked as a web developer at funeralOne where she built and maintained client websites using company-exclusive CMS systems and PHP/MySQL-driven sites. She also coded PSD design files to WordPress templates and websites. Her specialties include extensive use of…

Owen Stowe is the Vice President of Engineering at Lede, a startup spun off from Alley to support a platform of small- to midsize independent publishers. During his tenure, Owen has worked as a facilitator for Alley’s technology-oriented professional learning groups, and become a primary contributor to research and development of some of Alley’s largest…